Abigail Weil, Author at The Theatre Times

Beast Visit is a Beauty

Posted by Abigail Weil | 26th Aug 2020 | Review, United States of America

Ever since the quarantine began, a joke has been circulating throughout critical discourse—ok, on...

Gelsey Bell’s “Cairns”: Sanctuary and Renewal in the Cemetery

Posted by Abigail Weil | 15th Aug 2020 | New York, Review, Transmedia, United States of America

I’ve never not gotten lost in Green-Wood Cemetery. One of the oldest landscaped cemeteries in...

Haruna Lee’s “Suicide Forest”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 6th Mar 2020 | Design, Japan, New York, Review, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America

Suicide Forest, written by and starring Haruna Lee is a trippy meditation on the extremes of...

Born Toulouse

Posted by Abigail Weil | 27th Feb 2020 | New York, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Disability, United States of America

To find Unmaking Toulouse-Lautrec, you will first enter through the wrong door. The production is...

“Ellen West” at The Prototype Festival

Posted by Abigail Weil | 26th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, New York, Prototype 2020, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

Two embarrassing conditions unsettled me at the top of Ellen West, the new opera by Ricky Ian...

“Magdalene” at Prototype Festival

Posted by Abigail Weil | 16th Jan 2020 | Dramaturgy, New York, Prototype 2020, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Opera, Theatre and Religion, United States of America

What are the first words you think of when you hear the name Mary Magdalene? Prostitute? Saved?...

Cosmos, Without Us

Posted by Abigail Weil | 15th Dec 2019 | New York, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Age, Transmedia, United States of America

I’m a thirty-four-year-old straight woman who grew up in the suburbs with an older brother. That...

“The Black History Museum…According to the United States of America”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 15th Nov 2019 | Immersive Theatre, New York, Participatory Theatre, Review

The Black History Museum….According to the United States of America, Smoke & Mirrors...

“Dr. Ride’s American Beach House:” Ready for Orbit

Posted by Abigail Weil | 8th Nov 2019 | New York, Review, United States of America

It’s June 18, 1983. You’re a waitress in St. Louis who’s all but given up her dreams of achieving...

Protiv Etogo: “Mayakovsky and Stalin”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 24th Oct 2019 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

As someone who has long been fascinated by both of the title characters, I am not sure who Murray...

“Games” at Soho Playhouse

Posted by Abigail Weil | 20th Oct 2019 | Acting, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Henry Naylor’s Games, now at the SoHo Playhouse, highlights those human activities that are...

Edgar Oliver and “Victor”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 5th Oct 2019 | LGBTQ Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

I wasn’t prepared for Victor, Edgar Oliver’s latest one-man show, directed by his longtime...

The WaxFactory’s “Lulu XX”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 28th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, Design, New York, Review, Theatre and Film, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

The WaxFactory’s new production Lulu XX is many steps away from originality. The heart of the play...

There But For the Grace: Cusi Cram’s “Novenas for a Lost Hospital”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 19th Sep 2019 | Immersive Theatre, LGBTQ Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, Theatre and Religion, United States of America

The dramatis personae of Novenas for a Lost Hospital is wide-ranging. There are doctors and nurses...

HERE’s “Looking at You”: Exposure & Revelation

Posted by Abigail Weil | 17th Sep 2019 | Immersive Theatre, Musical Theatre, New York, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Opera, Theatre and Science, Transmedia, United States of America

My instinct is to describe Looking at You, the new opera from librettist Rob Handel, composer...

“The Talmud” at DOXSEE

Posted by Abigail Weil | 14th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, New York, Review, Theatre and Religion, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America

The Talmud, Meta-Phys Ed.’s new play at The DOXSEE Theater in Brooklyn, is ambitious. I mean, just...

“Felix Starro” is Born

Posted by Abigail Weil | 6th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, Musical Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Religion, Theatre and Science, United States of America

Felix Starro, a Ma-Yi Theater Company production playing at Theatre Row, is simultaneously...

PQ 2019: Noise Music

Posted by Abigail Weil | 22nd Jun 2019 | Czech Republic, Festivals, Prague Quadrennial 2019, Review

The Rudolfinum is the main classical music performance hall in Prague. The house of the Czech...

PQ 2019: Puppet Masters

Posted by Abigail Weil | 21st Jun 2019 | Czech Republic, News, Prague Quadrennial 2019, Puppetry, Theatre for Young Audiences

On the final day of the Prague Quadrennial, I decided to explore the roots of the Czech theatre...

PQ 2019: An A+ B-Movie

Posted by Abigail Weil | 20th Jun 2019 | Adaptation, Czech Republic, Festivals, Prague Quadrennial 2019, Theatre and Film, Transmedia

I didn’t know what to expect from the Telekinetic Assault Group. The name was aggressive and the...

Abigail Weil

regional managing editor

Beast Visit is a Beauty

Gelsey Bell’s “Cairns”: Sanctuary and Renewal in the Cemetery

Haruna Lee’s “Suicide Forest”

Born Toulouse

“Ellen West” at The Prototype Festival

“Magdalene” at Prototype Festival

Cosmos, Without Us

“The Black History Museum…According to the United States of America”

“Dr. Ride’s American Beach House:” Ready for Orbit

Protiv Etogo: “Mayakovsky and Stalin”

“Games” at Soho Playhouse

Edgar Oliver and “Victor”

The WaxFactory’s “Lulu XX”

There But For the Grace: Cusi Cram’s “Novenas for a Lost Hospital”

HERE’s “Looking at You”: Exposure & Revelation

“The Talmud” at DOXSEE

“Felix Starro” is Born

PQ 2019: Noise Music

PQ 2019: Puppet Masters

PQ 2019: An A+ B-Movie

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